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Section 329 - Indian Penal Code, 1860
Indian Penal Code, 1860
329. Voluntarily causing grievous hurt to extort property, or to constrain to an illegal act
Whoever voluntarily causes grievous hurt for the purpose of extorting from the sufferer or from any person interested in the sufferer any property or valuable security, or of constraining the sufferer or any person interested in such sufferer to do anything that is illegal or which may facilitate the commission of an offence, shall be punished with 152[imprisonment for life], or imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Related Sections
- Section 326: Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means -
- Section 217: Public servant disobeying direction of law with intent to save person from punishment or property from forfeiture
- Section 54: Commutation of sentence of death
- Section 316: Causing death of quick unborn child by act amounting to culpable homicide
- Section 97: Right of private defense of the body and of property
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